Nearly two and a half years after Hurricane Sandy devastated the homes and lives of New York and New Jersey residents, Race2Rebuild’s next Run, Ride, Rebuild event will be held on Saturday, April …
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For the first time since 2011, the George Ennis Film Festival will return to Long Beach. The wacky and colorful annual festival benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but was forced to take a three-year hiatus when organizer George Ennis’s home was damaged in Tropical Storm Irene and Hurricane Sandy.
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Drew Morgan, 44, a Rockville Centre resident and financial planner, plead guilty on March 20 to embezzling nearly $1.3 million from two different nonprofits servicing those with special needs and an additional $475,000 from two sisters he was acting as a financial planner for.
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Detectors save lives — approximately 2,500 people are killed each year in residential fires, and another 500 die from carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings, a colorless, odorless gas that's known as the …
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Facing pressure from state and local officials, New York Rising announced a major policy change on Thursday to part of its reimbursement formula that officials say has stalled the rebuilding process …
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Long Beach Community Organizations Active in Disasters will sponsor a presentation on disaster preparedness at the Long Beach Public Library on Wednesday, April 1, hosted by the Community Development Corporation of Long Island.
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